Window-bead fastener



No. 504,920. PatenteT1 Se t. 12. 1893.

UNITED ST TES PATENT ()EFICE.

HENBY A. GBE N, OE MONTBoSE, ooLoBADo wINDow-BEAD FASTENER.

Be it known that I, INB A. GBN, of ffonffose, in the oounty of fontroSo and Sfate of Colorado, have invented a neW and uSefn1 III1I)roved Iooking1)evioe for vvindovv-SfripS, of Whioh the following iS afn11, olear, nd exaot desoription.

ffy invention relateS to an iInprove1enfin devioeS for Soonfing the bed Strips of vvin doWS in p1aoo, and avoid the uSe of SorovvS or 1aJilS foI' Buoh purpoSo, and has for itS ob eotS to provide aJ novel, BiTnple, and effeot lve devioo of the type indioated, v7hioh v7ill bo neat in appeafanoo, ohoalp to oonStruot, feaoily applied, and tht When in plaoo on tho oaSeInent of a vvindoW, WiH affo1'd oonveniollt and re1iablo IneanS to detaohablySooufe the bead Strips of al v7indow in plaoo on tffe oaJSoffleIlt, 80 ajS to retain the SaSheS iI1 aJ S}lding oondition, and pern1it thoiI' expodi tlous roInoval, Whon thiS iS deSifed.

To thoSe ends, Iny invenfion oonSiStS in tho oonStrnotion and ooII1binaJtion of padrts, aS iS hereinaftef desoribed and o1iIned.

eferonoe iS to be had to th6 aooofnpanying draWings, forn1ing a paff of thiS Speoifloation, i[1 Whioh si111ilaI' 1ettef of fofefonoe indioato oofreSponding parts in a11 fho gureS.

Eigure 1 iS an inner side vieW in prt, of one side of a WindoW oaSetnent, With the impfoveInont thoroon and adjuStod to retain a bead Strip iI1 )1oe. ig. 2 is trnSverse Beotional viow of the Window oasenont, 94 sash in parf, aJI1d the iInpfovenlenf i1 poSi fioI1 on tho oaJSeIent, and adjuSted to o1aInp thobead strip thoreon and ig. 3 i5 a broken insido viow of the oaSement iamb and a parting Strip thoreon, vvith tho improvenlent affixed upon tho oaSeInent and adjustod to To lealSe the bead Stfip that haJS been snbSe oont1y ron1oved.

In the dfavvingS, A repreSentS a poftion of one side of o WindoW oaSement, of Whioh 4 is tho Stilo, and on the latter a pafting Strip B, iS Soonfed by any Suitable lIoaJnS, forn1ing aI1 abufment for ono side of the fratne of the SaSh 0.

The inIlef bead Stfip D, tfiat the looking devioe iS mofe partionlaTly deSigned to Tetain in plaoe, is of the nSual forn1, having ono stfalight odge thalt in sefvico iS hold looSely in oontaot vvith the innor surfoe of the Window SaSh fL'aD1e 0.

The in1proved bead Strip looking devioe, ShoWn Singly in the draWingS, iS fo be otn ployod in suff[oientn11n1bor to Totain tho strip i11 a Seouro oondition thronghoutitS length, and oonSiStS esSentiany of preferab1 fif, oiroI1lar brokot plate 1, for11ed of 1etaL nd haJving Suitable dimensions to odpf ft fof efIioient Servioe nd ff0rd a neat appeafanoe. rono one edge of the plate tvvo prne1 Spaoed earS o, are pTojeoted in the SaJTIlo di reotion, theSo being Soparated a proper diS- tanoe to aoootnn1odate .the rednced ond of a olanlping liEnb E, that iS pivoted between the earS. 4 The braokof p1te E, iS perforated fof tho feoeption of SorevvS that Sefve to fetai11it in I)1aJoe on the inneI' Surface of the oSen1ont ono Sorow hole being prodooed in tho oen ter of the plate. The ear5 are Tnado to projeot fron1the Bide edge of tho oaSenlent and thnSadapt the olau11ping li1b 1 to reSS Upon the bead StI'i D, When the 1tfor iS properly plaoed i11 the oorner botvvoen tho Stile nd tho inner faoe of the BSh ffanle the lilIIb E, boing Shaped to oonforn1 vvith the surfaJoe of the Strip it bearS 11pon, The end portion of tho o1mping liInb F, Whioh iS pivoted betWoen the erS C&, projeots invvrd1y beyondSaid earS a shorb diStanoo, th1S aJf fording an abntment for the 1tohiDg ond of tho looking dog (r, vvhioh is pivoted I11)on a SofeW Z), that pSSes thTogh tho oentef' holo of tho p1te 1, nd thonoo into tho ooSelT1ent A. Tho freo end of tho looking dog G, iS Shaped to produoo oonvex odgo o, Tvhioh iS ecoentfic to the pivOf center Z), of the dog, Said edgo tern1inting neaJf the nppef Sido edge of the dog at o longitndinally rojooted too e.

It Wi11 bo Seon, that if aw proper nun1ber of tho in1proved looking devioes aro pfovided foI' a bead Strip, and attaJohe(1 opon tho oaSe 111entA aS oxplained, f propeI' intorvalS,the folded adjuStnlont of eoh dog tow,r the end of t11o lin1b it iS opposito, vvi11 oaJIlSo tho oatn edge of' shonldor o, on said dog, to preSS againSt the odgo of tho olotnping Hmb E and foroo tho longel' ond portion of tho fatfef upon the bead Strip 1), and When oonopfetely duStod aS indioatod in Eig. 1, retain the Ioo 

